Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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METHOD FOR MAKING OF PAPER, TISSUE, BOARD OR THE LIKE
The invention relates to a method for making of paper, tissue, board or the
like,
from recycled fibre material according to the preamble of the enclosed
independent claim.
Recycled fibre material, such as old corrugated containerboard (OCC), is
commonly used as raw material for paper or board. The recycled fibre material
comprises in addition to the fibres a number of other substances. Particulate
foreign material is separated from the pulp in the pulper or at the screening.
Some
substances are naturally retained on the fibres and do not disturb the
process.
Other substances, such as stickies, may be separated from the pulp at the
screening and removed from the process.
Typically recycled fibre material comprises starch, which has low molecular
weight. This starch originates from the surface sizing of the paper or board,
and it
retains poorly on the fibres as it typically has no charge at all or it has a
slightly
anionic charge. Due to its small size it is not effectively separated at the
screening
either. Thus the low molecular weight starch remains in the water circulation
of the
pulping and papermaking processes or it is removed together with the screen
effluent to the wastewater treatment. In the water circulation the starch
increases
the risk for microbial growth, as it is suitable nutritive substance for
various
microbes. Microbes may affect both the functioning of the chemistry of
papermaking and/or the quality of the end product. High microbial activity can
lower the pH and have a marked effect on wet-end chemistry. High microbial
activity can also create strong odours that may be a nuisance or even a danger
to
operating personnel, and also destructive for product quality in packaging
grades.
Slime formation, biofilms, on the surfaces of tanks and machine frames leads
to
paper defects, such as spots and holes, or web breaks when slime lumps are
sloughing off.
In the wastewater treatment the low molecular weight starch increases the COD
load of the water to be treated, i.e. it increases the wastewater treatment
costs.
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The amount of low molecular weight starch in the recycled fibre material may
be
relatively high, for example 1 ¨ 3 % of the total weight of the recycled
fibre. When
the starch is lost to the water circulation during pulp preparation process
the yield
of the process is naturally decreasing. Therefore a process that would prevent
the
starch enrichment to the water circulation and assist its retention to the
recycled
fibres would provide numerous advantages.
An object of this invention is to minimise or even eliminate the disadvantages
existing in the prior art.
An object of the invention is also to provide a method with which the amount
of low
molecular weight starch may be reduced in the water circulation when pulping
recycled fibre material.
A further object of the invention is to provide a method with which the
retention of
starch, especially low molecular weight starch, is improved.
These objects are attained with the invention having the characteristics
presented
below in the characterising part of the independent claim.
Typical method according to the present invention for making of paper, tissue,
board or the like, by using recycled fibre material as a raw material, the
method
comprising following steps:
- pulping recycled paper, board or the like in a pulper and obtaining a pulp
flow
comprising (i) an aqueous phase and (ii) at least recycled fibres and starch
having
low molecular weight, which are dispersed in the aqueous phase;
- adding a coagulant agent to the pulp flow or to an aqueous process flow
comprising starch having low molecular weight;
- allowing the coagulant agent to interact with the starch having low
molecular
weight and optionally forming aggregates; and
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- adding at least one flocculating agent, after the addition of the coagulant
agent, to any flow,
which comprises interacted coagulant agent, and forming a treated flow with
starch comprising
agglomerate(s);
- retaining at least part of the said aggregates and/or the said agglomerates
to the fibres or to a
web, which is formed.
More specifically, the invention concerns a method for making paper, tissue,
or board by using
recycled fibre material comprising low molecular weight starch as a raw
material, the method
comprising the following steps:
pulping the recycled fibre material in a pulper and obtaining a pulp flow
comprising (i) an
aqueous phase and (ii) at least recycled fibres and starch having low
molecular weight, which
are dispersed in the aqueous phase;
adding a coagulant agent to the pulp flow or to an aqueous process flow
comprising
starch having low molecular weight;
allowing the coagulant agent to interact with the starch having low molecular
weight in
the pulp flow or allowing the coagulant agent to interact with the starch
having low molecular
weight in the aqueous process flow and optionally forming aggregates;
adding at least one flocculating agent, after the addition of the coagulant
agent, to any
flow, which comprises interacted coagulant agent, and forming a treated flow
with starch
comprising agglomerates;
optionally combining the aqueous process flow, after the addition of the
flocculating
agent, with the pulp flow; and
retaining at least part of the agglomerates and the optionally formed
aggregates, where
present, to the fibres or to a web, which is formed.
Now it has been surprisingly found out that low molecular weight starch in the
recycled pulp may
be agglomerated by addition of a coagulant agent followed by the addition of a
flocculating
agent. Thus the low molecular weight starch interacts first with the coagulant
agent and then
with the flocculating agent and forms agglomerates, or it is attached to
agglomerates, which are
large enough to be retained on the fibres or to the formed web. Furthermore,
by selecting
suitable coagulant agents and flocculating agents the agglomerates may even
have surface
charges that assist in their retention on the fibres. It has been noticed that
the amount of low
molecular weight starch in the circulating process water is clearly reduced,
when the chemical
additions according to the present invention is performed. Furthermore, the
overall process yield
is improved when more of the starch in the recycled fibre material can be
retained to the fibres
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and consequently, to the formed board or the paper web. Still further, it may
be possible to
reduce the amount of surface sizing later in the production process, as the
retained starch may
improve the strength properties of the formed board or paper.
According to one preferred embodiment of the invention the COD value of the
treated flow is
reduced with at least 10 %, preferably at least 20 %, more preferably at least
40 %, from the
COD value of the aqueous phase of the pulp flow or from the COD value of the
aqueous process
flow before the addition of the coagulant agent.
In this application recycled fibre material means recycled paper, recycled
board and/or old
corrugated containerboard (OCC), which comprise fibres and starch, optionally
also other
constituents. Pulp and pulp flow is understood to comprise an aqueous phase
and a solid
material phase, which includes fibres and other possible solids. The method
according to the
present invention may be used in
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pulping recycled paper, board and/or old corrugated containerboard (OCC),
comprising starch, whereby the typical COD value of the aqueous phase of the
untreated pulp flow is > 20 kg/ton, more typically > 35 kg/ton, sometimes even
>
50 kg/ton, before the addition of the coagulant agent and the flocculating
agent.
COD value is determined by disintegrating recycled fibre material to water,
centrifuging thus obtained pulp and determining COD value from the separated
aqueous phase by using Hach Lange method, according to description in the
Experimental part of this application. Preferably the recycled fibre material
is
recycled board and/or old corrugated containerboard, preferably comprising at
least 20 kg/ton starch, more preferably at least 30 kg/ton starch, starch
being
determined with iodine method which is described in Tappi standard T419 om-11
(Starch in paper), and using surface sizing starch as reference.
One possible advantage, which is provided by the present invention, is that
the
ash content of the produced paper increases, while the bursting strength of
the
paper is also increasing or remains at least on the same level. Typically, in
the
prior art, an increase in ash content decreases the bursting strength of the
paper.
As the trend is typically opposite, when the present invention is employed, it
can
be concluded that the present invention provides possibilities to increase the
ash
content and, at least relatively, the bursting strength, too. Typical increase
in the
bursting strength is 3 ¨ 15 %, more typically 5 ¨ 10 %, calculated in relation
to the
bursting strength of corresponding paper manufactured without sequential
addition
of coagulant agent and flocculating agent. The ash content increase may be 5 ¨
/0, more preferably 10 ¨ 20 %, typically 15 ¨ 20 %, calculated in relation to
the
25 ash content of corresponding paper manufactured without sequential
addition of
coagulant agent and flocculating agent.
In this application the terms "low molecular starch", "low molecular weight
starch"
and "starch having a low molecular weight" are interchangeable and they are
used
as synonyms to each other. The low molecular weight starch in the recycled
pulp
originates normally from surface sizing, and it is typically oxidised starch,
acid
degraded or enzyme degraded starch. The low molecular weight starch may be,
for example, oxidized surface starch having a weight average in the range of
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100 000 - 5 000 000 g/mol, more typically 200 000 - 4000 000 g/mol.
Alternatively,
the low molecular weight starch may be an acid degraded or enzyme degraded
surface starch having a weight average in the range of 30 000 ¨ 3 000 000
g/mol,
more typically 40 000 ¨ 2 000 000 g/mol. Typically pulp, which is obtained by
5 pulping recycled fibre material, comprises low molecular starch from
different
sources. This means that the low molecular starch in process presently
described
may comprise oxidized surface starch as well as acid degraded and/or enzyme
degraded surface starch.
Surface size starches may be specified based on the viscosity of the cooked
starch, typical viscosity levels being between 15 ¨ 400 mPas, more typically
between 20 ¨ 300 mPas at 70 C at 10 % concentration. Charge densities of
enzyme degraded starches are very low, being quite near to zero at pH 7, e.g.
between -0.05 ¨ 0 meq/g absolute starch. Oxidized starches are typically more
anionic compared to enzyme degraded starches, being about -0.3 ¨ -0.01 meq/g,
more typically about -0.2 ¨ -0.02 meq/g calculated of absolute starch.
Advantageously the method according to the present invention may be used for
paper, tissue or board production, where the fresh water consumption of the
process is < 10 m3/ton produced paper or board, preferably < 5 m3/ton produced
paper or board and/or the process water conductivity is at headbox > 2500
S/cm,
preferably > 3000 S/cm, sometimes even > 4000 S/cm. In other words, the
present method is especially suitable for pulping recycled fibre material in a
process having a low fresh water consumption. Furthermore, the present
invention
is especially intended for retaining free low molecular weight starch in the
aqueous
phase of the pulp to the fibres, which originate from recycled paper, tissue
and/or
board.
The method according to the present invention is thus suitable for producing
paper, tissue, board or the like from recycled fibre material.
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A method according to one embodiment of the present invention for improving
process of making paper, board or the like, the process employing recycled
fibre
material as raw material, comprises
- pulping recycled paper, board or the like in a pulper and obtaining pulp
comprising at least recycled fibres and starch having low molecular weight
dispersed in an aqueous phase,
- screening the pulp and separating unwanted material from the pulp,
- adding a coagulant agent to the pulp and allowing the coagulant agent to
interact
with starch having low molecular weight,
- adding a flocculating agent after the addition of the coagulant agent to a
process
flow and forming a starch comprising agglomerate,
whereby COD value of the aqueous phase of the pulp is reduced at least 10 %
from the COD value of the aqueous phase before the addition of the coagulant
agent and the flocculating agent.
The coagulant agent interacts, either chemically or physically, with the low
molecular weight starch, whereby a coagulation, coagulum or a loose
agglomerate
is formed. According to one embodiment of the invention the pulp flow is
screened
and unwanted material from the pulp flow is separated. The screened pulp flow
is
thickened to a higher concentration, e.g. storage concentration by separating
a
part of the aqueous phase from the pulp flow as a discharge flow, and the
coagulant agent is added to the pulp flow before the thickening step of the
screened pulp or to the discharge water flow from the thickening step. In case
the
coagulant agent is added to the pulp flow before the thickening of the pulp
flow it is
possible to add the coagulant agent either immediately after the pulping step,
before the screening step or after the screening step. Addition of the
coagulant
agent to the pulp before the thickening step is advantageous as the enrichment
of
the starch to the water circulation is effectively prevented in the most
processes,
and a large amount of starch is effectively retained on the fibres.
According to one embodiment, especially when the process has effective
screening and thickening steps, the coagulant agent may be added after the
thickening step, for example after the storage towers. The coagulant agent may
be
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added to the short circulation pulp between the stock proportioning and the
headbox. Even in this embodiment the flocculating agent is added to the
process
after the coagulant agent, to a flow, which comprises interacted coagulant
agent.
According to one embodiment of the invention the coagulant agent is an
inorganic
coagulant agent. The coagulant agent may be selected from aluminium
compounds, iron compounds, bentonite or colloidal silica. Especially the
coagulant
agent is selected from the group comprising aluminium sulphate, aluminium
chloride, polyaluminium chloride (PAC), polyaluminium sulphate (PAS),
polyaluminium silica sulphate, sodium aluminate, alum, ferric sulphate
(Fe2(S003),
ferrous sulphate (FeSO4), ferric ferrous sulphate, ferric chloride, ferrous
chloride,
ferric ferrous chloride, ferric chloride sulphate, ferric nitrate, ferric
sulphate nitrate,
ferric chloride nitrate, ferric hydroxide, bentonite, silicious material, such
as
colloidal silica, and any of their mixture. According to one embodiment the
coagulant agent is selected from group consisting of bentonite, colloidal
silica,
aluminium compounds or iron compounds comprising Fe(III). Bentonite is here
understood as montmorollonite clay mineral. Aluminium compounds and iron
compounds comprising Fe(III) are preferred as coagulant agents.
The coagulant agent may be added in amount of
- 0.5 ¨ 10 kg active aluminium/ton dry pulp, preferably 0.75 ¨ 8 kg active
aluminium/ton dry pulp, more preferably 1 ¨ 5 kg active aluminium/ton dry pulp
or
- 5 ¨ 50 kg active Fe/ton dry pulp, preferably 6 ¨ 40 kg active Fe/ton dry
pulp,
more preferably 8 ¨ 20 kg active Fe/ton dry pulp or
- 0.5 ¨ 10 kg dry bentonite/ton dry pulp, preferably 1 ¨ 8 kg dry
bentonite/ton dry
pulp, more preferably 2 ¨ 5 kg dry bentonite/ton dry pulp, or
- 0.1 ¨ 1 kg dry silica/ton dry pulp, preferably 0.2 ¨ 0.8 kg dry
silica/ton dry pulp,
preferably 0.25 ¨ 0.5 kg dry silica/ton dry pulp,
depending on the active substance in the coagulant agent.
Bentonite is typically used as 1 ¨ 5 weight-% slurry, and it may have a
particle size
in the range of 200 ¨ 800 nm. Colloidal silica is typically used as 0.5 ¨ 25
weight-%
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slurry, and it may have a particle size in the range of 1 - 50 nm. Bentonite
and
colloidal silica slurries may be further diluted before use, if need be.
According to one embodiment the coagulant agent is polyaluminium chloride.
Polyaluminium chloride is an inorganic polymer and it is typically present in
a
solution as a highly charged aluminium complex A11304(OH)24(H20)127+ or
A104A112(OH)24(H20)247+. In this application polyaluminium chloride is
understood
as polymerised aluminium substance, which may be presented also by the general
formula Al2(OH)xCl6,, where 0 < x < 6. The degree of neutralisation, i.e. the
replacement of Cl ions with OH ions, may be expressed by using the unit
basicity.
The basicity of polyaluminium compound may be generally expressed by the
following formula
% Basicity = 100 x [01-1]/3[Al]
The higher the basicity, the higher the degree of neutralisation. Depending on
basicity of polyaluminum chloride fewer ions have a 3+ charge, and more ions
are
high charged, averaging 5+ to 7+.
According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention the coagulant
agent is polyaluminium chloride having an aluminium content of 4 - 20 /0,
preferably 7 - 18 /0, and a basicity 20 - 80 /0, preferably 30 - 70 /0,
more
preferably 35 - 55 /0. Typically polyaluminium chloride may be used as 20 -
40
weight-%, more typically as 30 - 40 weight-% aqueous solution. pH of the
polyaluminium chloride solution is typically 0.5 - 4.2.
The interaction between low molecular weight starch and the coagulant agent
may
be chemical and/or physical. For example, polyaluminium chloride, alum and
iron
sulphates interact chemically with the low molecular weight starch and form
coagulations, coagula or loose agglomerates. It is assumed that bentonite and
colloidal silica adsorb or physically bind the starch, whereby loose
agglomerates
are formed. In case the coagulant agent is a metal coagulant with high
cationicity,
such as polyaluminium chloride or polyaluminium sulphate, it may form an
inorganic polymer, which attracts and interacts with low molecular weight
starch,
fines and possible filler particles. The size of the formed coagulation,
coagulum or
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loose agglomerate is then further increased when it comes into contact with
the
flocculating agent.
Flocculating agent is added after the addition of the coagulant agent so that
the
flocculating agent comes into a contact with the coagulant agent or the
coagulant,
coagulum or loose agglomerate which is formed, when low molecular weight
starch is bound or attached to coagulant agent or absorbed on the coagulant
agent. In other words, the flocculating agent is added to a flow, which
comprises
interacted coagulant agent, e.g. pulp flow, preferably after pulp storage
towers or
silos and before the headbox of the paper, tissue or board machine. Thus
flocculating agent is preferably added to the short circulation of a paper,
tissue or
board machine, however after the addition of the coagulant agent to a flow
comprising interacted coagulant agent. Flocculating agent may be added at one
feeding location or at several separate feeding locations. Flocculating agent
may
be added directly to the pulp flow, or it may be added first to an aqueous
process
flow, which is later combined with the pulp flow. It is possible to add
flocculating
agent both to the pulp flow and to one or several aqueous process flows. The
flocculating agent(s) is typically added as aqueous dispersion in amount of 20
¨
2000 g/ton paper or board, typically 50 ¨ 1000 g/ton paper or board,
preferably
100 ¨ 500 g/ton paper or board, the values being given as amount of active
flocculating agent(s).
According to one preferred embodiment several different flocculating agents
may
be added, such as two, three or four different flocculating agents, preferably
at
several separate feeding locations. If several flocculating agents are added,
advantageously at least one of them is anionic. For example, anionic
polyacrylamide may be added after the addition of cationic polyacrylamide. In
any
case, the first flocculating agent is preferably added to a flow comprising
interacted
coagulant agent.
Typically the flocculating agent is added after the coagulant agent to a flow
comprising interacted coagulant agent, the reaction time for the interaction
between the coagulant agent and low molecular starch being > 1 min, preferably
in
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the range of 2 ¨ 30 min, more preferably in the range of 5 ¨ 15 min. This
means
that the flocculating agent is added after the required reaction time has
elapsed.
For example, when polyaluminium chloride is used as the coagulant agent, it is
added to the pulp flow or to a water flow comprising low molecular weight
starch,
5 and a typical reaction time for the interaction between polyaluminium
chloride and
low molecular weight starch, preceding the flocculating agent addition, is in
the
range of 7 ¨ 12 min, more typically ca. 10 min.
According to one embodiment of the invention the flocculating agent is
selected
10 from the group comprising cationic polyacrylamide (C-PAM), anionic
polyacrylamide (A-PAM), polyvinyl amine (PVAm), polyethylene oxide (PEO),
polyethyleneimine (PEI) and their mixtures. According to one embodiment of the
invention the flocculating agent is cationic polyacrylamide (C-PAM) and/or
anionic
polyacrylamide (A-PAM) and it has an average molecular weight (MW) in the
range of 4 000 000 - 22 000000 g/mol, more preferably 6 000 000 ¨ 20 000 000
g/mol, still more preferably 7 000 000 ¨ 18 000 000 g/mol. According to one
advantageous embodiment the flocculating agent is a polymer having an average
molecular weight (MW) > 8 000 000 g/mol, preferably 9 000 000 ¨ 18 000 000
g/mol. In this application the value "average molecular weight" is used to
describe
the magnitude of the polymer chain length. Average molecular weight values are
calculated from intrinsic viscosity results measured in a known manner in 1N
NaCI
at 25 C by using an Ubbelohde capillary viscometer. The capillary selected is
appropriate, and in the measurements of this application an Ubbelohde
capillary
viscometer with constant K=0.005228 was used. The average molecular weight is
then calculated from intrinsic viscosity result in a known manner using Mark-
Houwink equation [ri]=K=Ma, where [ri] is intrinsic viscosity, M molecular
weight
(g/mol), and K and a are parameters given in Polymer Handbook, Fourth Edition,
Volume 2, Editors: J. Brandrup, E.H. lmmergut and E.A. Grulke, John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., USA, 1999, p. VII/11 for poly(acrylamide-co-N,N,N-trimethyl
aminoethyl
chloride acrylate), 70 % acrylamide. Accordingly, value of parameter K is
0.0105
ml/g and value of parameter a is 0.3. The average molecular weight range given
for the parameters in used conditions is 450 000 ¨ 2 700 000 g/mol, but the
same
parameters are used to describe the magnitude of molecular weight also outside
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this range. For polymers having a low average molecular weight, typically
around
1 000 000 g/I or less, the average molecular weight may be measured by using
HPLC size exclusion chromatography, using PEO for calibration. HPLC size
exclusion chromatography is used especially if no meaningful results can be
obtained by using intrinsic viscosity measurement.
Preferably, after the addition of the coagulant agent and the flocculating
agent, in
this order, and obtaining a starch comprising agglomerate, the agglomerate is
retained on the recycled fibres in pulp or to the web which is formed.
It is also possible to add biocide and/or amylase enzyme inhibitor for microbe
control in the process. Biocide and/or amylase enzyme inhibitor may be added
to
the pulper and/or to a flow in the process, such as the pulp flow or the
aqueous
process flow. Preferably biocide and/or amylase enzyme inhibitor is added to
the
process flow and/or pulp flow before the pulp storage towers or silos located
after
the pulp thickening step. Biocide/enzyme inhibitor may be added to the pulp in
the
pulper or before thickening of the screened pulp. According to one preferred
embodiment of the present invention biocide and/or amylase enzyme inhibitor is
added to the pulp flow within 2 hours from the moment when the pulp flow exits
the pulper outlet. Further, the biocide or the amylase enzyme inhibitor may be
added to the pulp between inlet of the pulper and thickening step of the
screened
pulp. Early addition of biocide or amylase enzyme inhibitor is preferred, as
it
minimises further degradation of low molecular starch, and may improve the
coagulation and flocculation of the low molecular starch, and thereby
retention of
the starch to the recycled fibres. It is possible to add biocide and/or
amylase
enzyme inhibitor only at one biocide feeding location. Alternatively, biocide
and/or
amylase enzyme inhibitor may be added at several separate biocide feeding
locations, spaced apart from each other, whereby the addition of
biocide/enzyme
may be targeted at known problem points of the process. It is also possible to
add
biocide at first biocide feeding location(s) and amylase enzyme inhibitor at
different
and separate second biocide feeding location(s).
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Preferably the biocide and/or amylase enzyme are added as early as possible in
order to minimise the further degradation of low molecular starch. Biocide
and/or
amylase enzyme may be added, for example, to the aqueous dilution flow, which
is led to the pulper. For example, biocide and/or amylase enzyme may be added
to storage tank of dilution water of the pulper.
The biocide may be any suitable biocide, which reduces the number of viable
bacteria and/or microbes in the process at least 80 /0. Similarly the amylase
enzyme inhibitor may be any substance that inhibits the formation of or
deactivates the amylase enzyme, such as a zinc inhibitor. Preferably the
amylase
enzyme inhibitor may be any suitable inhibitor reducing amylase enzyme
activity
under process conditions at least 20 %.
According to one embodiment of the invention the biocide may be selected from
a
group comprising oxidizing biocides, such as sodium hypochlorite, hypobromous
acid, chlorine dioxide; halogenated hydantoins, such as bromochloro-
dimethylhydantoin; partially halogenated hydantoins such as monochloro-
dimethylhydantoin; haloamines, such as chloramines or bromamines; and their
mixtures. A haloamine, which is suitable for use in one embodiment of the
present
invention, may be formed by combining an ammonium source, such as ammonium
sulfate, ammonium chloride, ammonium bromide, ammonium phosphate,
ammonium nitrate or any other ammonium salt, including urea, with an oxidant
such as sodium hypochlorite. Biocide may be added continuously to provide a
total
active chlorine concentration of from about 0.1 ¨ 5 ppm throughout the treated
portions of the process. More preferably, the active chlorine concentration in
these
portions of the process is about 0.75 ¨ 2 ppm. It is also possible to add
biocide by
using slug dosing, which refers to periodical, or batch, dosing of biocide
into the
process, as contrasted with a continuous dosing. Typically a slug dose is 1 ¨
10
ppm, preferably 3 ¨ 7 ppm. The slugs would preferably be fed for about 3 ¨ 30
minutes each about 6 ¨ 24 times a day, and are more preferably fed for about 5
¨
15 minutes each about 12 ¨ 24 times a day.
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Strengthening agents and/or flocculant additives may be added to the pulp
flow.
According to one embodiment of the invention the strengthening agent is
selected
from the group comprising starch, cationic polyacrylamide (C-PAM), anionic
polyacrylamide (A-PAM), glyoxalated polyacrylamide (G-PAM), amphoteric
polyacrylamide, polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride (poly-DADMAC),
polyacrylic amide (PAAE), polyvinyl amine (PVAm), polyethylene oxide (PEO),
polyethyleneimine (PEI), chitosan, guar gum, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and
their mixtures. Starch may be cationic, anionic or amphoteric. Starch may be
non-
degraded or high cationic degraded starch having DS > 0.05, non-degraded
starch
being preferred. When the strengthening agent is a synthetic polymer it may
have
an average molecular weight in the range 100 000 ¨ 20 000 000 g/mol, typically
300 000 ¨ 8 000 000 g/mol, more typically 300 000 ¨ 1 500 000 g/mol, provided
that the molecular weight of the strengthening agent is lower than the
molecular
weight of the corresponding flocculating agent. The average molecular weights
are
measured by using an Ubbelohde capillary viscometer, as described above in
this
application.
Strengthening agent is typically added as aqueous dispersion in amount of 0.1
¨
kg/ton paper or board, typically 0.3 ¨ 5 kg/ton paper or board, preferably 0.5
¨ 3
20 kg/ton paper or board, given as amount of active substance. The addition
of a
strengthening agent may preferably be performed before the addition of the
flocculating agent, and the addition of strengthening agent is preferably
performed
to the pulp flow, preferably to the thick stock flow, the thick stock
consistency
being 2 ¨ 6 weight-%.
It is also possible to use a flocculant additive which is selected from the
group
comprising bentonite, colloidal silica and conventional papermaking fixatives,
such
as polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride (poly-DADMAC) or polyamines.
Flocculant additive is typically added to the process before or after the
addition of
the flocculating agent, but after the addition of the coagulant agent.
Flocculant
additive, especially fixative, which may be used as a flocculant additive, is
added
to the pulp flow, typically in amount of 50 ¨ 4 000 g/ton paper or board,
typically
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100 ¨ 2000 g/ton paper or board, preferably 200 ¨ 800 g/ton paper or board,
given
as amount of active substance.
According to one embodiment of the invention the coagulant agent is added to
the
discharge water flow of the thickening step, i.e. to the discharge water flow
of a
thickener, at one feeding location or more feeding locations. In this
embodiment,
the discharge water flow from the thickening step may be led forward in the
process and used as dilution water between the machine chest and the headbox.
Coagulant agent is introduced to the discharge water flow comprising starch
having a low molecular weight after the thickening step, but before the
machine
chest. Coagulant agent may be fed at one feeding location or simultaneously at
two, three or more feeding locations. Starch interacts with the coagulant
agent and
forms loose coagulants, coagula or agglomerates. Flocculating agent is added
to
the pulp flow and/or to the discharge water flow at flocculation feeding
locations
after the addition of the coagulant agent. For example, it is possible to add
also the
flocculating agent to the discharge flow from the thickening step. However,
flocculating agent is added after the addition of the coagulating agent at at
least
one of the coagulant feeding locations, but before the machine chest in order
to
guarantee the retention of the recycled starch to the fibres and/or to the
web(s) to
be formed.
The invention is described in more detail below with reference to the enclosed
schematic drawings, in which
Figure 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention for
manufacturing
recycled board,
Figure 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention for
manufacturing recycled paper, tissue or board, and
Figure 3 shows still another embodiment of the invention for
manufacturing
recycled board.
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In Figure 1 is shown a first embodiment of the present invention for
manufacturing
recycled board. Recycled paper and/or board bales 20 are introduced to a
pulper 1
through an inlet. In the pulper 1 the paper and/or board bales are
disintegrated
and a flow of pulp comprising recycled fibres and starch having a low
molecular
5 weight is led out of the pulper 1 to a pulper dump chest 2. From pulper
dump chest
the pulp is led to fractionation screening 3 and further either to fine
screening 4 or
short fibre thickener 5. From the fine screening 4 fibres are led to the long
fibre
thickener 6 and reject from the screening stage is led to the reject
thickening 7. At
the reject thickening 7 particulate material and the like is separated from
water,
10 and led out of process as sludge reject 19. Water is removed as effluent
18 to an
effluent treatment (not shown). In conventional processes starch having low
molecular weight has exited the process through these material flows, and
burdened effluent 18 or sludge reject 19.
15 Coagulant agent can be introduced to the pulp comprising recycled fibres
and
starch having a low molecular weight at plurality of alternative coagulant
feeding
locations 26. It is possible to feed coagulant agent at one feeding location
26 or to
feed coagulant at two or more feeding locations 26 simultaneously. Coagulant
feeding locations 26 are situated, at the latest, before the short fibre
thickener 5
and/or the long fibre thickener 6. From these thickeners 5, 6 separated water
is led
to white water storage 17 and further back to pulper 1 as pulper water 24.
Coagulant feeding locations 26 are situated so that the coagulant agent
interacts
with starch before the thickeners 5, 6. Thus starch is at least mainly
progressing
forward with the fibre phase in the process and not recirculated back to white
whiter storage 17 or pulper 1 with the water phase.
From the short fibre thickener 5 short fibre pulp is led to short fibre
storage tower 8
and correspondingly, long fibre pulp is led from the long fibre thickener 6 to
long
fibre storage tower 9. From fibre storage towers 8, 9 pulps are led to top ply
machine chest 10 or back ply machine chest 11 and further to top ply headbox
12
or back ply headbox 13. Paper or board webs for top ply or back ply are formed
on
top ply wire 14 or back ply wire 15 and reunited after their initial
formation. Water
which is removed from the web is either directly circulated back to the
process or
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collected to a white water chest 16. Finally, formed paper or board web 21 is
transferred further to pressing and drying. Fresh water 22 is added to the
process
through shower pipes 23.
Flocculating agent is added to the pulp at flocculation feeding locations 28.
The
flocculating agent may be added only to the short fibre pulp from the short
fibre
storage tower 8 or only to the long fibre pulp from the long fibre storage
tower 9, or
preferably both to the short fibre pulp from the short fibre storage tower 8
and to
the long fibre pulp from the long fibre storage tower 9. Flocculating agent is
added
after the addition of the coagulating agent at one of the coagulant feeding
locations 26, but before the headbox 12, 13 in order to guarantee the
retention of
the recycled starch to the fibres and/or to the web(s) to be formed.
Biocide or amylase enzyme inhibitor is preferably added to the process at one
or
several of the biocide feeding locations 25 for microbe control. It is
possible to add
biocide only at one biocide feeding location or to add separate dosages of
biocide/enzyme inhibitor at several feeding locations. It is also possible to
add
biocide at one feeding location and amylase enzyme inhibitor at different
feeding
location.
In one embodiment, it is also possible to add strengthening agent and/or
flocculation additive to the process at additive feeding locations 27.
Typically
strengthening agent and/or flocculation additive are added after the storage
towers
8, 9 but at the latest just before headbox 12, 13. Preferably strengthening
agents
and/or flocculation additives are added after the addition of the coagulating
agent,
but before the addition of the flocculating agent.
In Figure 2 is shown a second embodiment of the present invention for
manufacturing recycled paper, tissue or board. Recycled paper and/or board
bales
20 are introduced to a pulper 1 through a pulper inlet. In the pulper 1 the
paper
and/or board bales are disintegrated and a pulp flow comprising recycled
fibres
and starch having a low molecular weight is led out of the pulper 1 to a
pulper
dump chest 2. From pulper dump chest 2 the pulp is led to a flotation unit 31
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(optional) and further to fine screening primary stage 41. From the fine
screening
primary stage 41 fibres are led either to a thickener 61 or to a fine
screening reject
stage 51. From fine screening reject stage 51 fibres are led to the thickener
61 and
the reject is led to the reject thickening 7. At the reject thickening 7
particulate
material and the like is separated from water, and led out of process as
sludge
reject 19. Water is removed as effluent 18 to an effluent treatment (not
shown). In
conventional processes starch having low molecular weight has exited the
process
through these material flows, and burdened effluent 18 or sludge reject 19.
Coagulant agent may be introduced to the pulp comprising recycled fibres and
starch having a low molecular weight at plurality of alternative coagulant
feeding
locations 26. It is possible to feed coagulant agent at one feeding location
26 or to
feed coagulant at two or more feeding locations 26 simultaneously. Coagulant
feeding locations 26 are situated, at the latest, before the thickener 61,
from which
separated water is led to white water storage 17 and further back to pulper 1
as
pulper water 24. Coagulant feeding locations 26 are situated so that the
coagulant
agent interacts with starch before the thickener 61. Thus starch is at least
mainly
progressing forward with the fibre phase in the process and not recirculated
back
to white whiter storage 17 or pulper 1 with the water phase.
From the thickener 61 pulp is led to a fibre storage tower 81. From the fibre
storage tower 81 pulp is led to a machine chest 101 and further to a headbox
121.
Paper, tissue or board web is formed on a wire 141. Water which is removed
from
the formed web is either directly circulated back to the process or collected
to a
white water chest 16. Finally, formed paper, tissue or board web 21 is
transferred
further to pressing and drying. Fresh water 22 is added to the process through
shower pipes 23.
Flocculating agent is added to the pulp at flocculation feeding location 28.
Flocculating agent is added after the addition of the coagulating agent at one
of
the coagulant feeding locations 26, but at the latest just before the headbox
121 in
order to guarantee the retention of the recycled starch to the fibres and/or
to the
web to be formed.
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Biocide or amylase enzyme inhibitor is preferably added to the process at one
or
several of the biocide feeding locations 25. It is possible to add biocide
only at one
biocide feeding location or to add separate dosages of biocide/enzyme
inhibitor at
several feeding locations. It is also possible to add biocide at one feeding
location
and amylase enzyme inhibitor at different feeding location.
In one embodiment, it is also possible to add strengthening agent and/or
flocculation additive to the process at additive feeding locations 27.
Typically
strengthening agent and/or flocculation additive are added after the fibre
storage
tower 81 but before headbox 121. Preferably strengthening agents and/or
flocculation additives are added after the addition of the coagulating agent,
but
before the addition of the flocculating agent.
Figure 3 shows still another embodiment of the invention for manufacturing
recycled board. Recycled paper and/or board bales 20 are introduced to a
pulper 1
through a pulper inlet. In the pulper 1 the paper and/or board bales are
disintegrated and a flow of pulp comprising recycled fibres and starch having
a low
molecular weight is led out of the pulper 1 to a pulper dump chest 2. From
pulper
dump chest 2 the pulp is led to fractionation screening 3 and further either
to fine
screening 4 or short fibre thickener 5. From the fine screening 4 fibres are
led to
the long fibre thickener 6 and reject from the screening stage is led to the
reject
thickening 7. At the reject thickening 7 particulate material and the like is
separated from water, and led out of process as sludge reject 19. Water is
removed as effluent 18 to an effluent treatment (not shown).
Discharge water from the thickeners 5, 6 is led forward in the process and
used as
dilution water between the machine chest 10, 11 and headbox 12, 13. Coagulant
agent is introduced to the discharge flow from the short fibre thickener or to
the
discharge flow of the long fibre thickener at coagulant feeding locations 26.
The
discharge flow comprises starch having a low molecular weight and this starch
interacts with the coagulant agent and forms loose coagulants or agglomerates.
It
is possible to feed coagulant agent at one feeding location 26 or to feed
coagulant
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at two or more feeding locations 26 simultaneously. Coagulant feeding
locations
26 are situated after the short fibre thickener 5 and/or the long fibre
thickener 6,
but before the headbox 12, 13.
From the short fibre thickener 5 short fibre pulp is led to short fibre
storage tower 8
and correspondingly, long fibre pulp is led from the long fibre thickener 6 to
long
fibre storage tower 9. From fibre storage towers 8, 9 pulps are led to top ply
machine chest 10 or back ply machine chest 11 and further to top ply headbox
12
or back ply headbox 13. Paper or board webs for top ply or back ply are formed
on
top ply wire 14 or back ply wire 15 and reunited after their initial
formation. Water
which is removed from the web is either directly circulated back to the
process or
collected to a white water chest 16. Finally, formed paper, tissue or board
web 21
is transferred further to pressing and drying. Fresh water 22 is added to the
process through shower pipes 23.
Flocculating agent is added to the pulp and/or to the discharge flows at
flocculation
feeding locations 28. The flocculating agent may be added only to the short
fibre
pulp from the short fibre storage tower 8 or only to the long fibre pulp from
the long
fibre storage tower 9, or preferably both to the short fibre pulp from the
short fibre
storage tower 8 and to the long fibre pulp from the long fibre storage tower
9. It is
also possible to add flocculating agent to discharge flow from the short fibre
thickener 5 and/or to the discharge flow of the long fibre thickener 6.
Flocculating
agent is added after the addition of the coagulating agent at one of the
coagulant
feeding locations 26, but before the headbox 12, 13 in order to guarantee the
retention of the recycled starch to the fibres and/or to the web(s) to be
formed.
Biocide or amylase enzyme inhibitor is preferably added to the process at one
or
several of the biocide feeding locations 25 for microbe control. It is
possible to add
biocide only at one biocide feeding location or to add separate dosages of
biocide/enzyme inhibitor at several feeding locations. It is also possible to
add
biocide at one feeding location and amylase enzyme inhibitor at different
feeding
location.
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In one embodiment, it is also possible to add strengthening agent and/or
flocculation additive to the pulp at additive feeding locations 27. Typically
strengthening agent and/or flocculation additive are added to the pulp after
the
storage towers 8, 9 but at the latest just before machine chest 12, 13.
5 Strengthening agents and/or flocculation additives may be added to the
pulp
before the addition of the coagulating agent and the flocculating agent.
EXPERIMENTAL
10 The some embodiments of the invention are further described in the
following non-
limiting examples.
Example 1.
Test slurry is prepared by using bleached pine kraft pulp refined in a Valley
15 Hollander to Schopper Riegler value of 25 and degraded starch
(Perfectamyl A
4692, Avebe), which is oxidized, low-viscosity, weakly anionic potato starch.
Measured starch content in the test slurry is 301 mg/I. Test slurry is diluted
to 5 g/I
consistency and adjusted to room temperature +23 C.
20 Used test chemicals are diluted to suitable concentration before
addition to the test
slurry. The dilution level is selected such that the dosage of a diluted test
chemical
is between 1 ¨ 3 ml. They are added to the test slurry as shown in Table 1 and
a
dynamic drainage jar, DDJ (Paper Research Materials, Inc., Seattle, WA) is
used
to control the retention degree of starch to paper and how much starch remains
in
the filtrate.
Used test chemicals are:
Prod A: coagulant agent, polyaluminium silicate product, Al-content 7.8 weight-
%,
basicity 40 %.
Prod B: strengthening agent, glyoxylated PAM product, co-polymer of acrylamide
and diallyldimethylammonium chloride, which is treated with glyoxal, charge
density 0.5 meq/g dry polymer product, MW average 200 000 g/mol, dry solids
7.5
0/0.
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Prod C: flocculating agent, anionic polyacrylamide strength resin product,
aqueous
solution of co-polymer of acrylamide and acrylic acid, charge density: -2.9
meq/g
dry polymer product, MW average 400 000 g/mol, dry solids 20 /0, viscosity
6000
mPas at 25 C measured with Brookfield DVI+, equipped with small sample
adapter, and spindle 31.
Prod D: flocculating agent, cationic polyacrylamide product, co-polymer of
acrylamide and acryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride, charge density 1.0
meq/g dry polymer product, MW average 7 000 000 g/mol, dry solids 90 /0.
Prod E: coagulant agent, colloidal silica product, 15 % solids content,
particle size
5 nm, S-value 60.
The pulp slurry volume in DDJ is 500 ml, stirrer speed is 1000 rpm and wire
type is
M60. Test chemical addition times are indicated as negative time before the
drainage starts in Table 1. Stirring is started 45 s before drainage and is
continuing
after drainage until sample volume is filtered. The sample is taken from the
first
100 ml filtrate. Filtrate is centrifuged with speed 3000 rpm 4 ¨ 5 hours after
starch
addition.
From the centrifuge supernatant COD is measured by using Hach Lange method
LCK 1041 according to manufacturer's instructions. 2 ml supernatant is
carefully
pipetted to a sample cuvette, which is closed and thoroughly cleaned outside,
and
inverted. Sample cuvette is heated in a thermostat 15 min at 175 C. The hot
sample cuvette is allowed to cool to temperature 80 C in the thermostat,
whereafter it is removed from the thermostat, carefully inverted twice, and
allowed
to cool to room temperature outside the thermostat. The outside of the sample
cuvette is cleaned and the evaluation is carried out. According to the test
method
oxidizable substances react with sulphuric acid ¨ potassium dichromate
solution in
the presence of silver sulphate as a catalyst. Chloride is masked by mercury
sulphate. The green colouration of Cr3+ is evaluated, it being indicator of
the COD
value of the sample. The evaluation being performed by using a spectrometer.
Starch is measured from the filtrate by using Hach Lange method LCK 357
according to manufacturer's instructions. 2.0 ml sample is pipetted into an
open
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cuvette, Cuvette is closed and mixed, evaluated after 10 minutes. pH of the
sample should be in the range of 4 ¨ 7, temperature 22 C. The analysed sample
should be colourless and free of turbidities. Slight colouration may be
allowed for
with the help of a sample specific blank value, prepared by using 0.4 ml
distilled
water and 2 ml sample. Turbidities may be eliminated by passing the sample
through a membrane filter (LCW 904). The sample evaluation is performed by
spectrophotometric measurement at 535 nm, factor 127, using photometer RD
Lange, LASA 100 v. 1.20. Calibration curve for the measurement is prepared by
using Cargill C*film TCF07312 starch, which is cooked at 94 ¨ 98 C, ca. 30
min.
The results of Example 1 are shown in Table 1. From Table 1 it can be seen
that
the addition of coagulant agent and flocculating agent, in this order, clearly
improve the starch retention, i.e. the amount of starch in the filtrate is
decreased.
Similarly the COD value of the filtrate is decreased. This indicates that the
starch
would be retained to the fibres at the thickening step or at the wire section
of the
paper machine.
Table 1 Retention test for starch with dynamic drainage jar (DDJ).
Test
time, s -40 -30 -25 -15 -10
Amounts of used test chemicals Filtrate Results
Prod A, Prod B, Prod C, Prod D, Prod E,
Test kg/t kg/t kg/t kg/t kg/t COD Starch
No prod.* prod.* prod.* prod.* prod.* mg/I mg/I
1 0 0 0 0 0 543 301
2 0 0 0 0.3 0 401 272
3 0 30 2 0.3 3 398 293
4 25.6 30 2 0.3 3 227 189
5 64.1 0 0 0.3 3 202 212
*dosage of product, not calculated as active substance
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Example 2.
Test slurry is prepared from liner board containing surface size starch. Dry
board
is cut into 2 x 2 cm pieces and a batch of disintegrated pulp is prepared by
adding
30 g of cut board pieces into 1.5 litres tap water, temperature +45 C. After
5 min
soaking, the board pieces are disintegrated in a britt jar (Paper Research
Materials, Inc., Seattle, WA) for 50 000 rotations.
The obtained pulp slurry is diluted to reach consistency 0.5 /0. Total
diluted pulp
volume is 20 litres. 0.5 litres OCC-pulp with high bacterial number and
amylase
activity is used as dilution water, the rest of the dilution water being fresh
water.
Starch has been added in amount of 3 g /I to the OCC pulp, and in addition to
the
natural bacterial flora of the process water, two known amylase positive
bacteria
originating from paper machines, Deinococcus geothermalis Hambi 2411 and
Meiothermus silvanus Hambi 2478, has been inoculated into the water. The water
has been incubated at +45 C, under shaking 120 rpm, for 3 d.
Two 1 litre portions are removed as reference samples and the rest of the
slurry is
treated with monochloramine as biocide so that the measurable residual total
chlorine is approximately 1.5 mg/I. In addition, 100 mg/I zinc, originating
from zinc
chloride, is added to the pulp slurry for microbe control. Temperature of the
pulp
slurry is adjusted to room temperature, +23 C.
Retention test is done 2 ¨ 4 hours after biocide addition. Used test chemicals
are
added as shown in Table 2 to a dynamic drainage jar, DDJ (Paper Research
Materials, Inc., Seattle, WA), to control the retention degree of starch to
paper and
how much starch remains in the filtrate. The volume of pulp slurry in DDJ is
500
ml, stirrer speed is 1000 rpm and wire type M60.
Used test chemicals are:
MCA: Biocide, monochloramine.
Prod F: coagulant agent, aluminium sulphate, Al-content 9%, dry powder.
Prod G: coagulant agent, bentonite, alkali activated, fine milled, dry solids
88 /0,
dispersed to 3 % slurry.
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Prod H: coagulant agent, polyaluminium chloride, Al-content 9.3 /0, basicity:
43 /0.
Prod E: coagulant agent, colloidal silica.
Prod D: flocculating agent, cationic polyacrylamide product, co-polymer of
acrylamide and acryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride, charge density 1.0
meq/g dry polymer product, MW average 7 000 000 g/mol, dry solids 90 /0.
Prod J: flocculating agent, anionic polyacrylamide product, co-polymer of
acrylamide and acrylic acid, charge density -2.7 meq/g dry polymer product, MW
average 15 000 000 g/mol, dry solids: 90 /0.
Prod C: flocculating agent, anionic polyacrylamide strength resin product,
aqueous
solution of co-polymer of acrylamide and acrylic acid, charge density -2.9
meq/g
dry polymer product, MW average 400 000 g/mol, dry solids 20 /0, viscosity
6000
mPas at 25 C measured with Brookfield DVI+, equipped with small sample
adapter, and spindle 31.
Prod K: flocculating agent, cationic polyacrylamide micropolymer aqueous
dispersion product, active polymer content 22 /0, charge density 1.1 meq/g
dry
active polymer product, MW average of the polymer 5 000 000 g/mol.
Chemical addition times are indicated in Table 2 as negative time before the
drainage starts. The sample is taken from the first 100 ml filtrate. Filtrate
is
centrifuged with 3000 rpm 4 ¨ 5 hours after biocide addition. From the
centrifuge
supernatant COD is measured by using Hach Lange method LCK 1041 according
to manufacturer's instructions, as described above. Starch is measured from
the
filtrate by using Hach Lange method LCK 357 according to manufacturer's
instructions, as described above. The results are shown in Table 2.
From Table 2 it can be observed that the addition of coagulant agent and
flocculating agent, in this order, clearly improve the starch retention, i.e.
the
amount of starch in the filtrate is decreased. Similarly the COD value of the
filtrate
is decreased. This indicates that the starch would be retained to the fibres
at the
thickening step or at the wire section of the paper machine.
0
Table 2. Results of Example 2
n.)
o
1--,
1--,
n.)
time, s -345 -45 -35 -20 -15 -15 -10
-5 Filtrate
vi
n.)
Test microbe Proc F Prod G Prod H Prod E Prod D Prod J
Prod C Prod K COD Starch
No. control kg/t prod.* kg/t abs.** kg/t, prod.*
kg/t, prod.* kg/t prod.* kg/t prod.* kg/t prod.* kg/t prod.*
mg/I mg/I
1 MCA + Zn
334 221
2 MCA + Zn 0 0.3
309 205
3 MCA + Zn 5 0.3
287 188
4 MCA + Zn 10 ' 0.3
284 179
MCA + Zn 5 0.3
295 196 P
c,
6 MCA + Zn 10 0.3
285 188
03
7 MCA + Zn 20 0.3
282 166
-.,
c,
8 MCA + Zn 10 3 0.3
293 195
rv
.
,
cri
.
9 MCA + Zn 10 6 0.3
288 187
,
,-,
03
MCA + Zn 2 10 0.3
281 188
11 MCA + Zn 2 10 0.3
1 274 174
12 MCA + Zn 5 10 3 0.3
286 182
13 MCA + Zn 10 10 3 0.3
272 173
14 MCA + Zn 10 3 0,3 3
279 162
none 0.3
347 218 Iv
n
16 none
370 237 1-3
F-t-
n.)
o
1--,
"dosage of product, not calculated as active substance
u,
=
*" dosage calculated based on dry active substance
t..)
o
,-,
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Example 3.
Test pulp slurry is prepared from old corrugated cardboard (OCC) based test
liner
packaging paper. Test liner paper is cut into 2 x 2 cm pieces. Dilution water
comprises 50 % test liner machine tray water and 50 % tap water. Conductivity
of
tap water is adjusted to same level than in tray water by adding NaCI. Paper
pieces are soaked in dilution water, which is heated to +50 C, for 10 min in
2 %
consistency. Wet disintegration is made in britt jar (Paper Research
Materials, Inc.,
Seattle, WA) 50 000 rotations, 20 hours before the sheet preparation.
Monochloramine (MCA) and Zn is added to the dilution water of some of the
samples. Zn is dosed as zinc chloride solution, dosage being 50 ppm. The MCA
dosage is also 50 ppm, high enough to have residual chloride in the pulp
slurry on
following day. Test pulp slurry properties are shown in Table 3.
Table 3 Properties of test pulp slurry.
Property Value Measurement Device
pH 7.8 Knick Portamess Type 911pH
Turbidity (NTU) 660 WTW Turb 555IR
Conductivity (mS/cm) 2,3 Knick
Portamess Cond Type 911
Cationic demand (pekv/I) 59 PCD 03 (MOtek)
Zeta-potential (mV) -8.4 SZP
06 (MOtek Analytic GmbH)
Consistency (g/1) 20
Test pulp slurry is further diluted with conductivity adjusted tap water to 1%
concentration 1 ¨ 2 hours before the sheet preparation. Conductivity of tap
water
is adjusted to same level than in tray water by adding NaCI.
General principle of producing hand sheets with Rapid Kothen hand sheet former
is as follows:
Sheets are formed with Rapid Kothen sheet former according to standard ISO
5269/2. The pulp suspension is stirred at a constant stirring rate and a dry
strength
additive is added into the suspension. Stirring of test furnish is performed
at 1000
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rpm with propeller mixer. All sheets are dried in vacuum dryers 5 min at 1000
mbar
pressure and at 92 C temperature. After drying sheets are pre-conditioned for
24
h at 23 C in 50% relative humidity. Sheet basis weight is 113 g/m2 in air
conditioned state. Basis weight is adjusted by cationic polyacrylamide (C-PAM)
retention polymer dosage, to keep the retention constant.
Test chemical properties are described in Table 4. Following abbreviations are
used: G-PAM is glyoxalated polyacrylamide; C-PAM-S is cationic polyacrylamide
strength polymer; PEI is cross-linked fixative polymer with ethylene imine
groups
in the polymer backbone; Silica is colloidal silica in water solution, 15 %
solids
content, particle size 5 nm, S-value 60; Ret C-PAM in cationic polyacrylamide
retention polymer; A-PAM-D is anionic polyacrylamide dispersion retention
polymer; A-PAM-S is anionic acrylamide strength polymer in water solution.
Table 4 Properties of used test chemicals.
Charge density
MW average at pH 7
Chemical solids viscosity by weight (meq/g
active
name (0/0) (cP) (g/I) polymer) Form
G-PAM 12.4 23 600 000 1.9
water solution
C-PAM-S 9.0 18700 700 000 1.1
water solution
A-PAM-S 20 6500 500 000 -1.1
water solution
PEI 25 300 300 000 7.6
water solution
Silica 15
colloidal silica
Ret C-PAM 95 6 000 000 1.3 powder
A-PAM-D 20 5 000 000 -4.2
salt dispersion
Test chemical sequence is disclosed in Table 5. The sequence starts always
with
biocide addition if not otherwise stated.
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Table 5 Test chemical sequence.
Sample
name Test chemical sequence
Sample A 1 Flocculating agent, no Coagulant agent, no biocide
(reference)
Sample B 1 Flocculating agent, no Coagulant agent,
Sample C 1 Coagulant agent + 2 Flocculating agents
1 Strengthening agent + 1 Coagulant agent + 1 Flocculating
Sample D agent
1 Strengthening agent + 1 Coagulant agent + 2 Flocculating
Sample E agents
1 Strengthening agent + 1 Coagulant agent + 1 Flocculating
Sample F agent + 1 Strengthening agent
1 Flocculant additive (fixative) + 1 Coagulant agent + 2
Sample G Flocculating agents
Test program and addition times are shown in Table 6.
After hand sheet formation the obtained hand sheets are tested for various
properties by using methods disclosed in Table 7. Starch content in the sheets
is
measured by slushing 4 g dried hand sheets into 200 ml water, to give 2 %
concentration, by using an immersion blender for 1 min. Slushed pulp slurry
sample is then acidified to pH < 3, typically to pH 2.5 ¨ 2.9, with HCI,
centrifuged
min, at 5 000 rpm, in a centrifuge (Megafuge 2.0, Heraeus Instruments) and
filtered by 0.45 m syringe filter (ACRODISC PSF Syringe Filters GxF/PVDF
0.45 m, Pall). To a 50 ml flask is added 15 ml of filtrated sample, which is
dyed
with Iodine solution having 7.5 g/I of KI and 5 g/I 12. Dye dose is 2.5
ml/sample,
15 and 6.5 ml of 1 % HCI is added to flask and the flask is filled to 50 ml
mark with
water. Absorbance is measured at 583 nm with a UV-spectrophotometer
(Shimadzu UV-1800). Calibration solutions for starch concentration versus
absorbance determination are prepared from Cargill C*Film TCF 70325 starch.
Linear fitting line is made to correlate absorbance to starch content.
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Table 7 Measured handsheet properties and standard methods used.
Measured Property Used Standard method & Device
Grammage ISO 536, Mettler Toledo
Ash content ISO 1762, Precisa PrepAsh 229
Tensile strength ISO 1924-3, Lorentzen & Wettre Tensile tester
Tappi T 569, Lorentzen & Wettre Bursting
Bursting strength
strength tester
Results for measurements of hand sheet properties are shown in Table 8. It can
5 be seen that the starch content in the hand sheet is increasing when the
addition
sequence according to the invention is used in comparison to Reference Samples
A and B. Increased starch content in hand sheets indicates also that the COD
value in process water, which is discharged in thickening step or at sheet
preparation, is decreased.
Table 8 Results for measurements of hand sheet properties.
Starch in Starch in Tensile Ash
Bursting
paper
paper index content strength
(Abs. value) (g/t) (Nm/g) (0/0) (kPa)
Ref. Sample A 0.021 307 28.8 13.3 165
Ref. Sample B 0.031 480 29.4 14.1 196
Sample C 0.055 897 30.0 15.7 194
Sample D 0.045 733 30.3 17.2 194
Sample E 0.050 811 31.2 17.0 213
Sample F 0.053 870 32.5 16.4 207
Sample G 0.057 932 28.8 17.0 179
Even if the invention was described with reference to what at present seems to
be
the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is appreciated that the
invention
shall not be limited to the embodiments described above, but the invention is
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intended to cover also different modifications and equivalent technical
solutions
within the scope of the enclosed claims.
